Dne 18.2.2017 v 23:23 Robert Nagle napsal(a): > I am posting this here because -- well, I don't subscribe to other > db mailing lists. > > I publish a lot of literary titles as epubs using docbook. One thing > I encounter frequently (10+ times a publication usually) are > narrative breaks in the middle of a chapter. Sometimes it's extra > space to denote the passage of time or maybe a change in point of > view. Sometimes it means adding decorative things (asterisks etc) in > this space. I personally don't use these things a lot when writing > content, but a lot of prose authors do.
Docbook templates could use a lot of improvements, not just more
features but also refactoring for easier customization. Here's how I've
solved the same problem. I've added a small template which will generate
a separator at the beginning of every section with no title:
<xsl:template match="d:section|d:sect1|d:sect2|d:sect3|d:sect4|d:sect5">
<xsl:if test="not(d:title|d:info/d:title)">
<div class="nameless-section-sep">
<xsl:text>* * *</xsl:text>
</div>
</xsl:if>
<xsl:apply-imports/>
</xsl:template>
Don't forget to set appropriate margins and text centering in your CSS
style sheet and then simply wrap the text following the desired
narrative break in the <section> tag.
Regards,
Martin Doucha
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